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Loveland Basin Ski Area ski resort

Skiers, chairlifts and slopes at a Colorado ski resort
A Colorado ski resort in winter. Photo: Quang Vuong / Pexels.

Good for

  • Snow-sureLifts up to 3,937 m

From OpenSkiMap piste data, SnowTrex’s stay listings.

The short answer

Loveland Basin Ski Area has about 48 km of mapped runs and 7 lifts, with skiing from about 3,318 m up to 3,937 m (12,917 ft), a vertical drop of 619 m. By mapped runs it is number 50 of the 137 United States ski areas in our list. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Rocky Mountain Metropolitan (BJC), about 72 km away in a straight line.

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Loveland Basin Ski Area 7-day mountain forecast

At about 3,628 m · updated 13 Nov, 04:41 UTC

About 3 mm of precipitation as likely snow in the next week (water equivalent).

  1. Fri 136°-4°0 mm
  2. Sat 14-1°-5°0.5 mm
  3. Sun 15-1°-6°0 mm
  4. Mon 163°-7°0 mm
  5. Tue 172°-6°0 mm
  6. Wed 18-4°-13°2.7 mm
  7. Thu 19-4°-14°0 mm

Forecast data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0). "Likely snow" = precipitation with the temperature at or below 0.5 °C; resort snow reports and avalanche bulletins are the authority on conditions.

Loveland Basin Ski Area: runs from 3,318 m to 3,937 m, a vertical drop of 619 m3,4003,6003,800Top of the highest mapped run: 3,937 m (12,917 ft)Top 3,937 m · 12,917 ftBase 3,318 m · 10,886 ft619 mvertical drop
Illustrative profile. Top and base are the highest and lowest mapped runs (OpenStreetMap via OpenSkiMap).

Ski area facts

Top elevation
3,937 m12,917 ft
Vertical drop
619 m2,031 ft
Mapped runs
48 km96 runs
Lifts
7mostly chairlifts

Runs by difficulty

Run length by difficulty: Easy 15% (7.1 km), Intermediate 56% (26.6 km), Advanced 23% (10.9 km), Expert 6% (2.7 km)Easy: 7.1 km, 16 runs (15%)15%EasyIntermediate: 26.6 km, 48 runs (56%)56%IntermediateAdvanced: 10.9 km, 26 runs (23%)23%AdvancedExpert: 2.7 km, 6 runs (6%)

About 15% of the mapped run length is novice or easy, 56% intermediate and 29% advanced or harder. Difficulty follows OpenStreetMap’s international scale (in Europe, easy ≈ blue, intermediate ≈ red, advanced ≈ black).

DifficultyRunsLength
Easy167.1 km
Intermediate4826.6 km
Advanced2610.9 km
Expert62.7 km

Lifts

7 mapped lifts, most of them chairlifts.

Lift typeCount
Chairlifts7

Piste map

For the current official piste map, open the resort’s website. You can also explore every mapped run and lift on OpenSkiMap’s interactive map.

Nearest airports

Airports with scheduled flights, by straight-line distance (road distance is longer).

AirportCityStraight-line distance
Rocky Mountain Metropolitan (BJC)Denver72 km
Eagle County Regional (EGE)Eagle86 km
Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (ASE)Aspen97 km
Denver (DEN)Denver108 km

Frequently asked questions

What is the elevation of Loveland Basin Ski Area?

The highest mapped run starts at about 3,937 m (12,917 ft) and the lowest ends at about 3,318 m (10,886 ft), a vertical of 619 m (2,031 ft).

How many km of ski runs does Loveland Basin Ski Area have?

OpenStreetMap maps about 48 km of downhill runs and 7 lifts. The resort’s own figure may differ because it measures runs differently.

What is the nearest airport to Loveland Basin Ski Area?

Rocky Mountain Metropolitan (BJC) is the closest airport with scheduled flights, about 72 km away in a straight line.

Where can I see the Loveland Basin Ski Area piste map?

Use the resort’s official website for the current piste map, or view the mapped runs and lifts on OpenSkiMap.

Ski area data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), processed by OpenSkiMap; airports from OurAirports. Retrieved . Elevations are those of the highest and lowest mapped runs; run lengths are measured from the map and can differ from the resort’s published figures. Check the official website before you book.